Chapter II.
Demand Reduction Goals, Objectives and Target Measurement

B. Foundations of Strategic Goals and Objectives

The National Drug Control Strategy outlines five goals (see Figure 6) and thirty-two objectives. These establish a framework for all national demand and supply reduction drug-control agencies. These goals and objectives are intended to orient a national effort that will reduce illegal drug use and availability by 50 percent over the next ten years. It must be stressed that the Strategy is a comprehensive, balanced approach that focuses on shrinking America’s demand for drugs, through treatment and prevention, and attacking the supply of drugs through law enforcement and international cooperation. The goals and objectives reflect the need for prevention and education to protect children from the perils of drugs; treatment to help the chemically-dependent; law enforcement to bring traffickers to justice; interdiction to reduce the flow of drugs into our nation; international cooperation to confront drug cultivation, production, trafficking, and use; and research to provide a foundation based on science.

National Drug Control Strategy Five Goals

1. Educate and enable America's youth to reject illegal drugs as well as alcohol and tobacco.
2. Increase the safety of America's citizens by substantially reducing drug-related crime and violence.
3. Reduce health and social costs to the public of illegal drugs.
4. Shield America's air, land and sea frontiers from the drug threat.
5. Break foreign and domestic sources of supply.

Figure 6

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